Bottom Line Up Front: Sixteen years later, DC's ambitious death-and-resurrection epic remains the blueprint for how to simultaneously kill everyone and immediately regret it—while somehow managing to influence every major comic book event that followed. Death Becomes Them In 2009, DC Comics made a bold creative decision: What if we killed literally everyone and turned … Continue reading The Future of Heroes: A Look at Blackest Night and Brightest Day
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Question of the Week #454
If your teenage son died in a freak accident, and you wanted another child, would you rather clone an identical twin of your dead son or try to have another child naturally? This week's question from Gregory Stock's The Book of Questions ventures into territory that feels almost too sacred to explore—the devastating loss of … Continue reading Question of the Week #454
Serious Topics with How I Met Your Mother
When most people think of How I Met Your Mother, they picture Barney's legendary catchphrases, Marshall and Lily's adorable relationship goals, and Ted's romantic misadventures across nine seasons of New York City hijinks. But beneath all the laughs, laser tag, and legen... wait-for-it... dary moments, the show tackled some of the most profound themes in … Continue reading Serious Topics with How I Met Your Mother
Hades
The Gloomy God of Death In Greek mythology, Hades ruled over the underworld realm of the dead. He was one of the three powerful brothers, along with Zeus and Poseidon, who defeated the Titans to gain control of the cosmos. While Zeus became king of the gods and Poseidon ruled the seas, Hades' domain encompassed … Continue reading Hades
Question of the Week #370
From Gregory Stock’s The Book of Questions: Do you care much about having people mourn your death? Honestly, when I'm gone I'm gone. Once I kick the bucket and head off to the great beyond, it's not like I'll be floating around as a ghost watching my own funeral (as cool as that would be). So … Continue reading Question of the Week #370
Question of the Week #358
It’s time for another philosophical and intriguing question from Gregory Stock’s The Book of Questions: If you knew that in a year you would die of a heart attack, how would you alter your life? But, hold on, what if I told you that you wouldn't be likely to make any changes? Sounds paradoxical, doesn't it? … Continue reading Question of the Week #358
Question of the Week #341
Would you rather die peacefully among friends at age 50, or painfully and alone at age 80? Give me the peaceful death at 50, please and thank you. I know it's pessimistic... But this is a crappy world that we live in. And it's not gonna get any better. Sure, there are a lot of … Continue reading Question of the Week #341
58 – The Seventh Seal
Welcome to The Best Movies I’ve Never Seen! This is the part of the blog where I work my way through 100 films I’ve never seen that are generally considered to be great. You’re invited to watch along with me if you can find a copy or find it streaming. So grab some popcorn and let’s … Continue reading 58 – The Seventh Seal
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It had been a long day for Bobby Christopher. He wasn’t exactly living the dream as a telemarketer. But times were tough and a job was a job. For the last four months, he had found himself day in and day out sitting in a small cubicle, attempting to sell HBO to cable customers all … Continue reading Subscribe
Why Don’t Superheroes Stay Dead?
Earlier today, as a part of this month's A to Z Challenge, I wrote a post about Doomsday, the creature/being that killed Superman in the now classic Death of Superman storyline of the early 1990s. In response to that post, our blogging friend T asked why people always die and come back to life in … Continue reading Why Don’t Superheroes Stay Dead?
The Confusing Middle 